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Well if you start with 3 pieces 1/4" thick that is a starting thickness of 3/4" so you will need to draw it your desired blade thickness I usually leave about 1/16" for clean up. Now forging in bevels and distal taper depends on how much core steel you want exposed. Wrought is a nice material...

OK was just checking, seems I misread this line. Thanks for clarifying. I make these often but I use wrought iron instead of mild steel. Have fun and keep us posted. Also wanted to comment on your stock choice thickness, I generally use the same 1/4" all 3 pieces. I find that wrought draws...

Dave just curious about the core choice, do you plan on exposing this at the edge or just using the A36 as a soft core?

Nah she likes surprises Bing :D. Send it she needs something to do LOL.

I think it looks like a keeper Bing hard to tell thou from the pic maybe you should send it here and I will get Barb to shoot it for ya :D.

Randy nice WIP, I always love seeing how other people do their welds and lay up patterns. I find it gets the creative juices flowing, thanks for sharing.

Vern thanks for asking this and thanks Dan and Ed for your input. I picked up a surface grinder and it came with a mag chuck and I was playing with it and was wondering why I could slide my steel around on it, now I know. I will be looking for a fine pole before I use it now.

Ed do you have a good source for ITC-100? And thanks for doing the comparison.

Darrin PM coming your way

Thanks Bing, I think I will do more but more as a mid tech. Funny thing is the youngster that has been hangin out here is Jeremy Vanschoohoven, he was one of the America's Got Talent finalist. Here is a clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj0BTyt-Lfs He also apprenticed under me learning the...

Thanks guys, glad to see a lot of comments on the domed pins, I just wanted to try something a bit different. May stick that one in the Best Hunter Bruce just to make sure it is here when you show up ;).

Hi All just finished this one up. This one was done as a teaching medium, I have had a young man hanging out in my shop and he is into more tactical style knives and he created a drawing that was very crude so for fun he asked if I would make a knife at the time he did and wanted to have them...

Thanks Pieter Yep full tapered tang too Bing, Ya the wife and I are going to miss talking with you :(. Hope everything is alright?

Thanks Ray, see ya next week. Also have a few new pictures I will add them above.

Thanks guys, this is one of those that will be hard to sell LOL. The wife is taking more pictures so hope to get some better pics, the reflective surfaces are really giving her trouble with this one. I wish I had a truck load of that ash, I rarely see any wood with that much black line and out...

Hi all here is a hunter I forged from some 2 1/4" W2 I got from Don Hanson. It was clay coated and has been hand rubbed to 2500 grit to bring out the hamon. It has 416 stainless steel bolsters and stabilized black line spalted Oregon Ash with domed 416 stainless steel pins. Also sporting a...

Thanks Bill for taking the time to put this up. Have a question you said you spun your pins? Could you tell and show us what you mean? Thanks

Hey Ernie sorry did not get a message that you replied again, I will answer that when I get on the computer tomorrow. Thanks Kimsalls

1-2 oz soft leather she should like that and a clip will definitely make sure it does not get buried :D. I got some nice stag at the last Blade West show but it is all tapers, Jessica Bybee let me go through stag that had not been put up for sale yet. I did not think about getting some rolls...

Bruce that turned out killer my friend, I hope she lets me hold it. If she can not open it at least I will get to touch it to open it for her :p. I have CRS too Bruce, I am glad you mentioned Kaye's name because I forgot hers. Takes me a few years to get peoples names down LOL. My wifes name is...